Traffic data in air quality modeling: a review of key variables, improvements in results, open problems and challenges in current research

JA Pinto, P Kumar, MF Alonso, WL Andreão… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Outdoor air pollution was responsible for approximately 4.2 million deaths around the world
in 2016, with the emissions from road vehicles being the main source of air pollution in …

Road transport exhaust emissions in Colombia. 1990–2020 trends and spatial disaggregation

NY Rojas, SC Mangones, M Osses, C Granier… - … Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
Road traffic-related air pollution costs society in terms of lost lives, health problems, and
financial damages. For directing regulatory actions and enhancing air quality, governments …

Development and evaluation of a comprehensive atmospheric emission inventory for air quality modeling in the megacity of Bogotá

JE Pachón, B Galvis, O Lombana, LG Carmona… - Atmosphere, 2018 - mdpi.com
We built an emission inventory (EI) for the megacity of Bogotá, Colombia for 2012, which for
the first time augments traditional industrial and mobile sources by including commercial …

Development of a high-resolution traffic emission model: Lessons and key insights from the case of Bogotá, Colombia

SC Mangones, P Jaramillo, P Fischbeck… - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Transportation is an essential and fast-growing contributor to air pollution in urban areas of
developing countries (Dora et al., 2011). Urbanization and economic growth in these cities …

Urban air pollution

H Jorquera, LD Montoya, NY Rojas - Urban Climates in Latin America, 2019 - Springer
Air pollution is currently the most serious environmental risk worldwide. Air pollution is the
result of different driving forces (demography, economic growth, consumption patterns …

Comparison of top-down and bottom-up road transport emissions through high-resolution air quality modeling in a city of complex orography

F Cifuentes, CM González, EM Trejos, LD López… - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vehicular emissions are a predominant source of pollution in urban environments. However,
inherent complexities of vehicular behavior are sources of uncertainties in emission …

Characteristics and temporal variations of organic and elemental carbon aerosols in a high–altitude, tropical Latin American megacity

O Ramírez, AMS de la Campa, J de la Rosa - Atmospheric Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bogota is a Latin American megacity located at an average altitude of 2600 m in the
tropical Andes. It registers frequent episodes of poor air quality due to high PM 10 …

Air quality modeling in Bogotá, Colombia using local emissions and natural mitigation factor adjustment for re-suspended particulate matter

R Nedbor-Gross, BH Henderson… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
We characterize particulate matter within the megacity Bogotá, Colombia using the
Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model. This work builds on previous efforts to …

Estimation of Road Transportation Emissions in Colombia from 2010 to 2021

L Mantilla-Romo, Y Camargo-Caicedo, S Bolaño-Diaz… - Atmosphere, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work aimed to estimate the emissions associated with the transport sector in Colombia
during the 2010–2021 period for the following four groups of pollutants: greenhouse gases …

Natural mitigation factor adjustment for re-suspended particulate matter emissions inventory for Bogotá, Colombia

MP Pérez-Peña, BH Henderson… - Atmospheric Pollution …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work improves atmospheric emissions of particulate matter in Bogotá Colombia, and
provides a tool applying this technique around the world. Bogotá's air pollution is largely …